The Shannon Side
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.17.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
The singer meets a girl by the River Shannon and seduces her. He promises to return and marry her but does not come back for six months. He pretends not to see her and she weeps, and offers him money and land if he will wed. He tells her he is to wed someone else and gives his name as Captain Thunderbolt.
Willie Mathieson had the song when he was sixteen from James Jaffray at Drakemyre where they used to sing for hours on end.
Item Notes
12 verses. Also known as 'Captain Thunderbolt', 'Captain Thunderbold', '(Down by the) Shannonside', '(The) Shannon Side', and 'Down by a Riverside'. Not in Willie Mathieson's MSS.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 7, pp. 257-261
Ord p. 200
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good